Can HRI come and run racing over here please!
Can HRI come and run racing over here please!
They'd have to wrest control from the bookmakers first.
Best not hope a left goverment gets in any time soon
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
People have been saying this for years, except the original version was God help racing if FF ever lose power.Originally Posted by granger
TV3 have secured rights to the UK racing over here
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Just keep the sinners out so Art
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Does that start NYD granger? Every meeting?
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Heard on the radio this morning that it's 50 meetings for the year that TV3 have secured, including the Cheltenham festival. And yes I believe it starts on NYD.
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Kauto Abu (21st December 2016)
Great news
They would appear to be planning their own magazine show and studio panelists of their own before showing the live coverage
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
http://www.irishracing.com/news?head...d=180273&prt=L
The numbers of horses in training in Ireland increased last year for the first time since the crash in 2008 and attendances edged upwards too.
Prize money was €56m, about €5m of which was won by British and French stables. Irish stables on the other hand picked up €26m in prize money outside Ireland, €15m of it in the UK, giving a net total of around €77m, or £64m, for money won by Irish stables. It's fair to say 2016 was a bonanza year in this regard with a record number of winners at both Cheltenham and Royal Ascot, the Grand National, Derby and Aidan O'Brien's Arc trifecta.
By way of comparison UK prize money in 2014 (couldn't find more recent data) was around £120m. Taking into account a net transfer of about €10m (£8m) to Irish stables, plus money won by French and other stables, the amount won by British stables in Britain was around £110m. But winnings by British stables in the rest of the world probably bring the figure back up to something very close to £120m.
This gives a ratio between money won by British and Irish stables last season of around 2:1.
The ration in the jumps sector would be a lot tighter, at around 60/40, because Irish prize money is split 50:50 between flat and jumps (€28m for each) whereas in Britain the split is 2:1 (£80m flat, £40m jumps).
granger (13th January 2017)
Pretty spot on regarding the pre Cheltenham train arranging of fixtures in Ireland
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/c...ss-439181.html
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
It's a major issue and it's remarkable that the Irish horses have done so well at Cheltenham given the limited opportunities; particularly for novices. Bay of Freedom is not among the top novice chasers but his likely rating is such that there are only three 3-mile chases he could even run in before March. Two of them are novice chases but they are both Graded races and the other is the Thyestes at Gowran - it is very frustrating. We are almost forced to run in a race he is probably either not good enough for or lacks the experience.
Even when there is racing some of the ground conditions make trainers reluctant to run horses; especially if they are planning on Cheltenham. Naas would be a case in point; a course which can take a lot out of horse. Look at the Woodlands Park over the last 5 years; a Grade 2 novice over 3 miles ,the average field has been under 5 and many horses you would expect to turn up, with Cheltenham in mind, do not run
Last edited by pdleech; 14th January 2017 at 7:46 PM.
We actually have had a meeting less fixed for this year as the first Thurles meeting in January is no longer in the calendar.
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
edgt (16th January 2017)
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Diamond Geezer (27th April 2017)
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
No matter how bad things seem there is always Killarney in July.
"And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.
And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."
trudij (18th July 2017)
Been there!
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
But no Phoenix park
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
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